US Army General Billy Mitchell (1879-1936) piloting a Thomas-Morse pursuit plane in about 1921. With a wealthy father, Billy, still joined the Army as a Private at age 19. In 1916, as a Lt. posted in Washington, he met the Wright brothers. Because the Army did not yet train pilots, Mitchell personally paid for flying lessons on weekends. In World War I he became America's military expert on airplanes. In 1918 he was Brigadier General commanding 90 squadrons of planes in Europe. He pushed to make airplanes true offensive weapons. For my other WW I-related images, Search: Prestor vintage WW I

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